[Physicians facing the first antituberculosis campaign in Mexico]

In the paper entitled "Physicians Face the First Antituberculosis Campaign in Mexico", tuberculosis is focused on as an important cause of death and disability in many parts of Mexico in the last quarter of the ninetieth century and the first decade of the twentieth century. The first measures taken are described, along with the formal proposal that attempted to include institutions as well as individuals. The manner in which tuberculosis was associated with nutrition, with alcoholism and with work and life conditions is studied. As a last point, the debate among medical professionals that was provoked by the campaign against tuberculosis is analyzed.